A female student at Brush High School filed a police report against a fellow male student alleging sexual assault.
Lyndhurst Police Chief Rick Porrello said the 17-year-old 10th grade student and her father went to the police department March 17 to file a report about an alleged March 12 incident.
According to the report, that Porrello said is officially titled as a rape, the incident happened near the end of the school day inside the main building of Brush High School.
He said the 17-year-old male suspect is in the 11th grade and the two knew of one another but were not dating.
He is not in custody.
“We will file the case next week with juvenile court and it will go through intake. We’re confident there will be charges filed,” Porrello said.
Although the report refers to rape, Porrello said he prefers to refer to the incident more generally as sexual assault because there could be charges other than rape filed against the suspect.
He said the suspect and his family are being cooperative with police.
South Euclid-Lyndhurst School District and South Euclid police are also assisting in the investigation, Porrello said, “with the goal of keeping a safe learning environment.”
“This is the only sexual assault that comes to mind in the recent past,” Porrello said. “I can’t recall another sexual assault in our schools. This is an unusual occurrence.”
It will be up to the juvenile prosecutor to assign charges, Porrello said.